«سائلُ اللئيمِ يرجعُ ودمعُه سائلٌ»
The person who asks a miser returns disappointed, with tears flowing.
The initial sāʾil means “an asker”; the final sāʾil means “flowing.” The sounds recur while the intended senses differ, producing a jinās-like verbal effect.
Their placement at the beginning and end binds the prose unit together and sharpens the picture of disappointment.
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Radd al-ʿAjz ʿalā al-Ṣadr: Repetition, Paronomasia and Derivation in Prose and Poetry
«سائلُ اللئيمِ يرجعُ ودمعُه سائلٌ»
The person who asks a miser returns disappointed, with tears flowing.
The initial sāʾil means “an asker”; the final sāʾil means “flowing.” The sounds recur while the intended senses differ, producing a jinās-like verbal effect.
Their placement at the beginning and end binds the prose unit together and sharpens the picture of disappointment.